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Contemporary Number 28

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Abstract
The newsreel includes plots: 1st plot. Soldiers 'widows. Kuibyshev region The plot is dedicated to the soldiers' widows who lost their husbands during the Great Patriotic War. Landscapes of the Kuibyshev region: hills, copses, chamomile and sunflowers in the field, the river, horses graze in the meadow, gallop. Two little boys run along the river bank. Inhabitants of one of the villages - elderly women tell (German: filming) about their widow's share, in the courtyard of their houses and in a very modest setting of rooms in which they continue to live alone. One of the women, during her story, wipes her face from tears with a handkerchief. 2nd plot. Duty to memory. Kuibyshev. A group of young people on the river bank, one of the guys throws a drunk bottle of beer into the river. View of the old cemetery, where on the crosses, on the gravestones and the walls of the crypts, various inscriptions are applied, of modern origin, made by the hands of vandals. A group of young people on the roof of a dilapidated crypt. General view of the obelisk in memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War. Wreaths at the foot of the obelisk and the eternal flame. General view of the cemetery of Soviet soldiers in one of the [European states]. Panorama of one of the villages of the Kuibyshev region. A man rides a motorcycle down the street. there is a woman. Old women are sitting on a bench near the house. An old woman feeds chickens in the yard, brings firewood to the house for the firebox, and does laundry in a basin in the yard. The contrast of houses on the street of the village: a view of sturdy brick houses and old, dilapidated wooden houses in which old women live. The poor furnishings of a room in one of the houses belonging to an old single woman: an old cupboard, an iron bed with a valance and cushions on the pillows. A woman sits alone at the table. Photos on the walls of the room. View of the building of the Vasilyevskaya secondary school of the Bezenchuksky district of the Kuibyshev region. Pioneers with a pioneer leader in the pioneer room, writing something at the table. Schoolboy with a pioneer with a bugle.
Director
V. Kosachevsky
Color
B&W
Film ID
36624
Keywords
standard of living
, rural settlements
, school education
, everyday life
, childrens organizations
, landscapes
, social security
Meterage
260,8
Number of Parts
1
Operators
K. Stepanov
Other Creators
O. Robinova, V. Shubin, I. Nifonova, S. Bogolyubova, V. Kozhin, A. Vinogradov
Release Date
1987
Sound